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Nightmares

~Cecelia~

"Please stop, please!" I cried, but he wouldn't stop. Every time I asked him to please stop, that I'll do anything, but he always refuse. I was helpless, I couldn't do anything but let it happen. No matter how hard I tried and begged I was weak and useless. It was my fault I went through it I could have stopped it if I was strong enough. The pain I endured I could have stopped it, but I didn't.

I sit up quickly in bed panting and sweating. I was having a nightmare, I was remembering my past. I wish I could let it all go. Penelope comes into my room and crawls into bed with me, she had another nightmare. I will do anything to make her have dreams of rainbows and unicorns, but instead she gets nightmares filled with violence and fear.

We laid down together and I sing her our song.
"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are gray. You'll never know dear, how much I love you. Please don't take my sunshine away." While I rubbed her arm.

By the time I finished the song she was sleeping peacefully, I got off the bed slowly careful not to wake her and headed towards the bathroom connected to my room. I lock the door quickly and turn the shower on. I sit on the floor and let out a quiet sob, remembering that night 4 years ago and the events leading up to it. I start crying louder I put a hand over my mouth, so Penelope doesn't hear me and wakes up.

I get up off the bathroom floor after a while, I turn off the shower and clean up under my eyes so it's doesn't look like I was crying.

~the next morning~

Knock knock
"Come in" I say "a letter for you was at l'inferno" Enrique said passing me the white envelope.
A letter for me? That's weird "Thank you" I said
Enrique then left, said he was going to go eat breakfast. I turn the envelope to see the writing, it states to Cecelia R. I furrow my eyebrows it doesn't say who it's from, I open the envelope and pulled out the letter it says

"Hello munchkin, how have you been? It been so long since we last seen each other. I miss you a lot, I want to touch my rose again like I use too. I know where you and Penelope are. She's growing up so beautifully, I remember when you were like that."

                                                               -D

No.No.No this isn't happening. Calm down Cecelia, it's going to be okay. I feel nauseous, I run to the bathroom and throw up in the toilet. I flush the toilet and brush my teeth 3 times to get the taste out. I throw my toothbrush and exit the bathroom. I reread the letter and start panicking. He knows about Penelope.

Shit Penelope, I run to her room but it's empty. I run down to the kitchen but she isn't there, I run to the living room and she's in there with Alejandro talking. I run to her and hug her tightly almost crying. I thought I lost her, I thought he took her.

"What's wrong cece?" Her little voice asked
"Don't ever do that again okay, if you leave somewhere tell me. Do you understand me? I thought I lost you, never do that again Penelope." I demanded

" I'm sorry cece it's because I saw this pretty rose in my room and I wanted to show Ale."
She explained

"Rose, what rose?" I asked panicking
He use to give me a red rose when he was coming home. "This one." Alejandro's deep voice answers my question, he held a single red rose.

I felt the color drain from my face as I stared at the reminder of my worst nightmare and now it's after the only thing good I have left.

"What's wrong?" Alejandro asked worried
I didn't answer him, instead I picked up Penelope and ran up stairs entering my room and sending Penelope to gather her stuff. I bent over and grabbed my box from under the bed and pulled out my glock 19, i put it in between my back and pants. I went into the closet and grabbed our suitcases and started packing my clothes in one of the suitcases. Alejandro walked into my room and asked what's going, I kept ignoring him and continued packing my stuff up. All of sudden I was gripped strongly and turned around.

"Why are you packing your stuff, where are you going?" He asked frustrated
" I have to leave and fast, thank you for everything you did for us." I said picking up both suitcases and leaving the room rushing down the stairs. Cecelia following me quickly from behind.

As I thought about what I was going to do, reality hit and I realized I had no money and no where to go.He'll find us if we leave right now, but he knows where we are. I can't let him catch us, I can't let him take her.

I go back upstairs and see Alejandro leaving my room. I run up to him "Can I ask you a favor please." I ask him
"Depends." He responds
" I want you to protect Penelope from anything and everything and in exchange I'll do whatever you want me to do." I say, he thought about it for a few minutes, then he came to a conclusion.
"Okay deal, but in exchange I want you to marry me." He says with a serious tone, I can tell he's not joking.

Marry him, Marriage why would he want me to marry him?

"Why do you want to marry me?" I question him
" Because my father won't give me full access to the mafia until I'm married and I need that power to be able to defeat one of our greatest enemies." He explained "So" he said taking a pause.

" Do you want to make a deal with the devil Amore." He continued with a smirk on his face and his hand stretched out.

"Your already looking at her Amore." I say mocking him and shaking his hand. He smiles at my reply.

"But I have another request, we can't stay here we are not safe. We have to move somewhere else ." I said waiting for him to refuse, but to my surprise he said "My part of the deal was that I protected The rascal and I have to protect you, I can't lose my fiancé before the wedding, so considered it done."

I thanked him and went downstairs where Penelope was. As I was walking down the stairs I heard Penelope scream, I ran down the stairs as fast as I can. I hit the bottom stair and completely froze.